Display fixture



June 1l, 1929. M, H, WALLERSTEIN 1,716,807

j DISPLAY FIXTURE Filed May 2'7, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet l or* HE In/miento@ June 11, 1929- M.YH. WALLERSTEIN I 1,716,807

DISPLAY FIXTURE Filed May 27, 1927 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gn/vento@ MHZ/M5626 few,

Patented June 11, 1929.

UNTED STATES MLTON H. WALLERSTEIN,

OF PAD'UCAH, KENTUCKY.

DISPLAY FIXTURE.

Application filed May 27,

rlhis invention relates to improvements in display fixtures or what are more i'amiliarly known as display racks, such fixtures being designed for displaying` or exhibiting goods or articles of mcrchanise of various character in stores.

Une object of the present invention is to provide a display fixture having a multiplicity oitI swiveled hangers on which the articles may be suspended for display purposes, these hangers being so constructed or designed as to preventtheir telescoping one within another when they are moved on their` piif'otal centers.

A inrthcr object is to provide a hanger of this nature especially designed for the display of smaller articles such as neclrties, said hanger having means for preventing relative movement of the ties with respect to each other when suspended on said hanger.

rlhere are in the prior art examples of display fixtures having swiveled hangers but there does not seem to be any example of such a fixture wherein the hangers are securely attached to the fixture. The present invention, however, contemplates the provision of means for securely holding the hangers on the fixture while, at the saine time, such securing means are readily removable so as to permit the hangers to be removed from the fixture or, ii it is desired, to increase the capacity of' the fixture by placing additional hangers on the fixture.

A further obj ect is to provide a display fixture wherein the hangers project or extend toward one side only, the base of the fixture being proportioned and weighted in suchwise as to prevent the fixture being tipped over by the weight of the hangers and goods supported thereon.

lilith these and other objects in view the present invention consists in certain novel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts all as will hereinafter be more fully described and the novel features thereof particularly pointed out in they appended claims.

ln the accompanying drawings,-

Figure 1 is a front elevational view of the fixture embodying the present improvements g Fig. 2 is a side elevational View; and

Fig. 3 is a top plan view;

Fig. t is a detail top plan view of the base with the standard and struts in section;

Fig. 5 is a detail View part-ly in section, showing the manner of holding the upper reach of the hanger in place;

1927. Serial No. 194,734.

furniture on which the fixture might be.

placed. The base which is of metal and comparatively heavy, is located near the rear end of legs 11 and attached to said base 1() is a transversely extending metallic member 13 L-shaped in cross section. One leg of member 13 is attached to base 10 near the forward edge of the latter', and the other leg Of member 13 has attached thereto a pair of standards la adjacent the ends of base l0. To stabil ize the standards 11i they may be braced by struts 15 connected thereto and to the rear edge of base plate 10.

The standards 11i are adapted to support hangers on which the articles to be displayed may be suspended. According to the present invention these hangers are swiveled on upper and lower cross bars 17, 17, said cross bars being in the form of right-angled metal bars one leg of which lies parallel to the stand ards 14 and is connected to said standards by suitable ysecuring elements, while the other leg lies in a horizontal plane or at right angles to said standards and is provided with a series of apertures in which the hangers are swiveled. Due to the weight et articles placed on the hangers and on account of their being turned backward and forward to exhibit such articles, said hangers are very apt to be displaced from the apertures in the cross bars. ln the Apresent instance this is overcome by the use of additional cross bars 18, 'i8d attached to said standards 14.- immediately above the cross bars 17, 1T so as to engage the swiveled ends of the hangers. Usually, the apertures in cross bars 1.7, 17a are about one-half inch apart, the ordinary fixture having apertures for twenty hangers. However, a merchants stock might be insufhcient to necessitate the use of all twenty hangers so that it is desirable that he be able te readily remove as many ol the hangers as it is desired. For this reason, the cross bars or hold down bars 18, 18EL are attached to the standards 1li by suitable removable fastening members such as the bolts 19 having the nuts 20 threaded thereon. By simply removing these fastening means and the bars 18, 1S any number of hangers may be removed or, if such lOO llO

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hangers have been. previously removed and a merchant increases his stock, the additional bars may be readily placed in the liXture by first removing` the bars 18, 18a.

ln the preferred form ot fixture the hangers project to one side only ot the standards 14tso that, when the a 'ticles to be exhibited are placed on such hangers there is considerable weight on that side, tending to tip the standards 11i lio 'Vardly 'it is for this reason that standards le are arranged at the forward edge et base plate 10 and the latter is located near the rear et legs 11. This relative positioning olf the several portions or elements olf the base effects a counterbalanee et the combined weight et the hangers and the articles thereon. it should. be noted that the entire construction is pre'l erably ot metal and in order to lteep the cost ot production at a comparatively low ligure the standards 1411 as well as both sets of cross bars are all made of the saniie standard stoel: material.

Se far as the base and standard construetion is concerned, any desired Yform or hanger could, ot course, be used. However, the hanger shown is preferred because in hanger et this construction it is impossible lor juxtaposed hangers to telescope or pass one through the other. This telescoping ot liindaposed hangers is prevented by maintaining` the article support-ing reaches 16 et the several hangers in substantially hori- Zontal alinement. This preferred form oit hanger is composed of suitable material such as wire stock, the wire being bent to form an article supportingr reach 16 having; a downturned portion 21 at one end which is received in an aperture in bar 17. At its opposite end the article supporting reach ot the hanger is connected to a lower reach 1G, there preferably beinga. substantially perpendicular port-ion 1G intermediate the upper and lower reaches forming;` a hand grip by means of which a person wishing to inspect the articles may grasp the hanger and turn it on its pivot. ylhc reinforcing' or lower reach 16h xXtends upwardly instead ot horirfzontally and at its lower end it is formed with a downturned portion 21a swiveled in cross bar 17 By havingthe lower reach 16" disposed at an angle to the upper article suppoilinae reach 16 ot' the hanger and by having said upper reaches rather lirmly held in the cross bars 17, 1S, said upper reaches cannot sae` under the load imposed upon them but will always remain in substantially the same horizontal plane. ln' this way, it is impossible ttor the hangers to telescope. This is quite advantageous, because, in ordinary use the series of hangers are divided at the center oit the fixture and turned to the through one another so that the merchant Ais quite annoyed in disentangling the several hangers for lut-ure inspection. rlhis telescoping ot the juxtaposed hangers is, however, entirely old in the present instance.

By the use ol the reinforcing` lower reach 1Gb of the hanger the entire hanger between the upper and lower reaches is open. The hand grip portion 1G need not necessarily be provided, although it is preferred to a construction in which the lower. reinforcing reach 16') merges directly into the upper reach 16 By the use of the reinforcing` reach 16h the hanger is lett open, so to speak, no intermediate bracincg` members beine; necessary. This naturally holds the cost olf the hangers down to a minimum. ln lixtures for the display of neelrties and the like, it is also desirable that means be provided or l'neventing movement or" the articles longitudinally oit' the upper reach 16 ot the hangers. In the present instance, this is accomplished by havingthe. upper reach 'formed with a series of depressions 22, each ot'sutcient length to receive an ordinary neclitie.

lWhat l claim is:

ln a tie display lixture, a pair of supports, a comparatively heavy base member extending transversely oit said supports near one end thereof, a pair ol' standards on said base, a pair et bars oit l.shape cross section mounted on said standards, one leg;` of each bar being arranged horizontally and provided with a series ot apertures therein with the other leg' depending 'from the horizontal leg in spaced relation to said standards, a series of hangers each having upper and lower reaches with a series of depressions in said upper reach for holding,- ties on said reach. in spaced relation, each reach el' each hanger having' a down-turned end portion swiveled in the perfor-ations in said bars, said swiveled end portions beingl concealed by the depending legs ol said hars, and a second pair of bars mounted en said standards above and in proximity to the lirst mentioned bars to prevent accidental displacement ot the swiveled end portions et said hangers.

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